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lower prices at fancy restaurants!)
The ViVa (Viaduct Valley) Harlem Restaurant Owners Association has a clever idea (or desperate measure, depending on how you look at it) to get you into their member establishments (including Pancho Gringo and t...

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Court records show that assistant U.S. attorney Brent S. Wible wrote to federal Judge Paul Crotty on October 19 seeking a one-week delay in a scheduled court appearance that day for Scotland. The delay was in "expectation that the defendant will ente...

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In 1964-65, you gauged the hipness of any adult by whether or not they responded to Soupy Sales.
Soupy was to daytime TV what Ernie Kovacs to late night in the 1950s. He really was that weird. Soupy spoke right through the television to us and made...

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The New York Post tells us this lovely Monica Szczupide photo shows "more than a dozen grief-stricken chimpanzees joined in an extraordinary expression of mourning as an elder in their family was laid to rest at a West African animal sanctuar...

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It has a blunt power that makes it perversely fun to toss off, even if you never want to blurt it in any serious setting that could get you yelled at. And the taboo quality makes it even more appealing to those looking for constant verbal thrills, so...

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So the Mayor is all like "you sucked when you ran the schools" and the Comptroller is all like "you're a D-minus mayor."
This tears it for "Harlem resident Tim Fielder" who is so not leaning toward Thompson anymore, and so totally voting for Bloo...

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November 11, 1965, Vol. XI, No. 4
They Burned Their Draft Cards
[Caption] THEY BURNED THEIR DRAFT CARDS on Saturday at Union Square in protest against America's role in Vietnam. The protesters -- facing long terms in jail -- are James Wilson, Marc ...

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Oh yuk, another hot dog joint. And four dollars for a frank? But Robert Sietsema, who knows his stuff, says Bark Hot Dogs in Park Slope is worth it.
"Throwin' up money like we mad at the ceiling" is pretty good, but Rob Harvilla says "I got more ch...

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And while I'm well-versed in spitting vitriol at New England, I'm less inclined to do the same for a midwest city that's never really done wrong by me, or a west coast one that manages to only incite lukewarm animosity despite their historical pencha...

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We recently published our Best of NYC issue, the Voice's annual opportunity to give out awards like Best Mini-Golf in Bushwick and Best Impersonation of Brett Favre. In turn, we asked a few of our favorite New Yorkers to name their favorite local th...

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(This is our third conversation of the campaign with Green Party candidate for Mayor of New York, Reverend Billy.)
How's the campaign going? Are you confident?
I'm confident that an accelerated evolution is now taking place.
Could you elaborat...

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train wreck is a lot more interesting than watching paint dry. At least in the bad old days, there was drama, larger-than life personalities and some good basketball players, albeit gone horribly wrong.
Beginning Wednesday night and ending this sum...

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Patrick Nayyar, a 45-year-old Indian immigrant who has been living in the country illegally for more than a decade, was caught on tape telling an FBI informant posing as a member of Hezbollah that he was going to sell him guns, ammunition, vehicles, ...

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"The year is 2021. We are entering Michael Bloomberg's 6th term as Mayor of New York City. A city that is now known as Bloomberg Town. A city far different than the one we know today.."
This brave new city has "no public schools and working fa...

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The insults to Philadelphia bellowed by the Post and the News has not gone unnoticed elsewhere. "New York Post: Phillies, Philadelphia and Rocky Balboa all suck," reports the Chicago Sun-Times. "It's War," cries the Philadelphia Fox News outlet, "New...

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The man is believed to be in his 30s, 6 feet tall, of heavy build and dark skin color, with a scruffy beard and mustache. He was wearing a black leather jacket, blue jeans, a black-and-white baseball cap, and black sunglasses at the time of the incid...

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No, let's get real. There are some people they obviously should cast in these roles.
As the cute Sargeant: James Franco. Yes, he can play straight people once in a while.
As the sleazeball MC, the Engineer: Russell Brand. I want to shower just thin...

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We recently published our Best of NYC issue, the Voice's annual opportunity to give out awards like Best World Music Venue and Best Alt-Museum. In turn, we asked a few of our favorite New Yorkers to name their favorite local things.
They ar...

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Our 10 Worst Halloween Costumes list and all its updates did not take into account the geek community, some members of which have actually devised a giant iPhone you can wear. It is powered by a car battery that goes between the wearer's legs, and ca...